Collinsmaxwell superintendent jason ellingson, being put on , paid leave this week. District officials will not say why, but tell me it has nothing to do with the lockdown that happened here earlier today. Live in maxwell, kim st. Onge, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve new at 5 00 00 major , changes to iowas medical cannabis billl. Lawmakers introduced a pareddown bill this afternoon, replacing 4 manufacturing sites and 12 dispensaries, with just 2 facilities to handle both jobs. The new version also drops the number of medical conditions eligible for the drug from 11 to 3. The republican senator who introduced the bill says the changes are necessary for it to have a chance of becoming law. Also at the statehouse the fight , against a common practice that impacts victims of Domestic Violence. The Iowa Coalition against Domestic Violence is pushing a for Property Owners to evict tenants if they call the police. Advocates say its a common practice to write the rule into rental agree
Right now, students are studying best prevention practices for the disease. Gray spent five years at the cdc the agency now tasked with leading the u. S. Response to the virus. Jeffrey theyre doing both a lot of work within our borders, to look at the cases and potential transmission of the virus. Ryan the actual testing, we want to know, is not done here at the Iowa Department of public health. Blood samples are drawn, then shipped to the cdc in georgia. For the actual analyzing of the samples. But i did learn tonight that state Health Officials are considering in the future offering the test right here in iowa. Live in des moines, ryan smith, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve thank you, ryan. Right here in iowa, an ames company is working to develop a zika virus vaccine. For its work on an ebola with zika. The Biopharmaceutical Company says it is still trying to figure out what type of vaccine they are going to work on. Brian were just starting, right . Everybody is just starting
Of the other side. It hurts at first. Ryan sonia wasnt proud of the public image after the report. I knew as soon as we saw it, we had to fix this, this is wrong. Ryan they organized a leader with athletic leaders from perry high school. The two groups met this morning. They wanted to own up to their mistake. They didnt want to make excuses, our kids did not want to go to perry and defend themselves. They wanted to say with we were wrong and we were going to get better because of it. Ryan shouting trump using the candidates controversial antiimmigration stance. It started a really good conversation about race and ethnicity. Ryan her composition teachers discussed the incident. How we can come together as a community and support one another and love each other no thats the important part. That is what needs to be learned here. Ryan at tonights district championship game this week the trump chant incident not dampening the spirit for the perry blue jays tonight. A number of student and S
Iowans all over the state to get outside this weekend. Yes it will and many of us will , head straight for the recreational trails and parks. We did some checking, and while some are still pretty wet, all of the local trails are now open. And with warm temperatures in the overnight forecast the dreaded refreeze is unlikely. So you will be able to get out there, and enjoy some fresh air. Here is a guy who enjoys a lot of fresh air, curtis. You can get out there and ride your bike. Kurtis there are still snow drifts as you head from Dallas Center two. Temperatures today topped out at 52. Colder to the north. Shenandoah, 72. This is amazing kansas, great bend kansas, 90 degrees. Garden city, 89. Some of that warmer air is going to slide our way. As steve mentioned, when you get that temperature above freezing we will drop down to the upper 40s. Sunshine on the way. I want to keep in mind a lot of wins tomorrow wind tomorrow. If we hit 64 degrees i think we well it will be be warmest febru
Live claritin clea position. We are in a fight against terrorism, we dont need to have guantanamo hang out there over our heads. Sen. Sanders we have been dealing, in the last seven years , with an unprecedented level of instruction is him against president obama. Literally, it turns out that on the day president obama was inaugurated, republicans came together to say, what are we going to do. They decided to obstruct, obstruct, obstruct, make it as difficult as they could to do anything. Stacey right now, clinton has 52 delegates awarded to sanderss 51. The new the South Carolina primary is saturday. About heavy machinery tracks that appear to have rolled over multiple gravestones at des moines laurel hill cemetery. It is on the east side. Today, workers were busy cleaning up that damage. The des moines parks and Recreation Department maintains all city cemeteries. In the deep south, a Violent Storm system kills at least 3 people. A suspected tornado ripped through an r. V. Park, kill